inquiringmind Posted February 23, 2012 Posted February 23, 2012 Is there any one woman whose names stands out in the history of latter day saints?
LeSellers Posted February 23, 2012 Posted February 23, 2012 Emma Hale (Smith Bidamon)Eliza Roxy Snow (Smith Young)Bathsheba YoungMarie OsmondGladys Knight
Duncan Posted February 23, 2012 Posted February 23, 2012 not technically a member of our Church but of the then RLDS Church and someone who I admire is Agnes Mcphail-super duper lady!http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnes_McPhail
cdowis Posted February 23, 2012 Posted February 23, 2012 I understand there was one of the first women elected to Congress was from Utah. Don't know the name.
Calm Posted February 23, 2012 Posted February 23, 2012 I understand there was one of the first women elected to Congress was from Utah. Don't know the name.The earliest one I found was Reva Beck Bosone: http://womenincongress.house.gov/member-profiles/profile.html?intID=20and she's not one of the first.I think you probably mean the first woman state senator: Martha Hughes Cannon - first women elected as a state senator in the United Stateshttp://www.utah.com/visitor/state_facts/general_info.htm
Storm Rider Posted February 23, 2012 Posted February 23, 2012 Eliza R. Snow was known as the Mormon prophetess. She accomplished a great deal in her lifetime and I have always been grateful to her and for her.
cinepro Posted February 23, 2012 Posted February 23, 2012 Is there any one woman whose names stands out in the history of latter day saints?I suspect Eliza Snow is the most well known. In addition to her immense intellectual and literary gifts, she was plural wife to two prophets.Emma has seen somewhat of a resurgence in popularity in the last few decades (with books and movies showing her in a more positive light), but there's still a lot of baggage left over from the early Utah period.
rpn Posted February 23, 2012 Posted February 23, 2012 Belle SpaffordJane Clayson Johnson(Someone is writing a book about great LDS women from each decade)
Jaybear Posted February 23, 2012 Posted February 23, 2012 Elizabeth Smart and Marie Osmond are likely the most well known Mormon women to non mormons. 1
KevinG Posted February 23, 2012 Posted February 23, 2012 Elizabeth Smart and Marie Osmond are likely the most well known Mormon women to non mormons.Hahahaha! Good observation.We might want to ask inquiring mind if he's looking for famous as in celebrated for acomplishments or famous as in on the cover of the national inquirer.Eleanor Roosevelt and Paris Hilton are certainly both famous women.
LeSellers Posted February 23, 2012 Posted February 23, 2012 Elizabeth Smart and Marie Osmond are likely the most well known Mormon women to non mormons.Except Sister Smart is now Sister Gilmour.Lehi
Duncan Posted February 23, 2012 Posted February 23, 2012 Elizabeth Smart and Marie Osmond are likely the most well known Mormon women to non mormons.you're forgetting Sharlene Wells Hawkes! I couldn't be bothered to watch a pageant of any kind but she won that deal
Deborah Posted February 23, 2012 Posted February 23, 2012 How about Ariel Bybee, former BYU student who sang with the Metropolitan Opera. Last I knew she was teaching voice at University of NE.
cinepro Posted February 23, 2012 Posted February 23, 2012 Elizabeth Smart and Marie Osmond are likely the most well known Mormon women to non mormons.Heck, you could add Katherine Heigl, Eliza Dushku and Amy Adams to the list.And Kelly Packard...
altersteve Posted February 23, 2012 Posted February 23, 2012 (edited) Off the top of my head, there's Stephenie Meyer, Julianne Hough, Katherine Heigl, Amy Adams, Gladys Knight, Eliza Dushku, and Marie Osmond, although Julianna Hough, Katherine Heigl, Amy Adams, and Eliza Dushku are no longer practicing. Edited February 23, 2012 by altersteve
Calm Posted February 24, 2012 Posted February 24, 2012 There is a website called Famous LDS Women that lists quite a few, most modern women are known for their arts or sports. IIRC it's famousldswomen.orgOf course there is a huge difference between what is seen as important in the Church and important outside of the Church and you will come up with very different lists depending on what people are thinking you are asking. If you mean those who have had an impact on the way LDS live their lives or see the world, probably a better way of asking it if you are wondering about women who have had a widespread impact on other members, would be to ask who someone considers a "great LDS female church leader" or "highly influential LDS woman" (just saying "great LDS woman" opens the door for women who have impacted on a more limited basis than what I think you want).
phaedrus ut Posted February 24, 2012 Posted February 24, 2012 Emma has seen somewhat of a resurgence in popularity in the last few decades (with books and movies showing her in a more positive light), but there's still a lot of baggage left over from the early Utah period.Such as the General Conference talk where Brigham Young called her a child of hell that twice tried to poison Joseph.Phaedrus
Jaybear Posted February 24, 2012 Posted February 24, 2012 Heck, you could add Katherine Heigl, Eliza Dushku and Amy Adams to the list.And Kelly Packard...While they may be well known as women, I don't think they are known publicly as "Mormon women."
Bill “Papa” Lee Posted February 24, 2012 Posted February 24, 2012 Is there any one woman whose names stands out in the history of latter day saints?Pamela Lee, my wife…no wait that is different Pamela.
KevinG Posted February 24, 2012 Posted February 24, 2012 you're forgetting Sharlene Wells Hawkes! I couldn't be bothered to watch a pageant of any kind but she won that dealMy wife was her sister in Law's nanny when I stole her away in marriage. 1
cinepro Posted February 25, 2012 Posted February 25, 2012 Off the top of my head, there's Stephenie Meyer, Julianne Hough, Katherine Heigl, Amy Adams, Gladys Knight, Eliza Dushku, and Marie Osmond, although Julianna Hough, Katherine Heigl, Amy Adams, and Eliza Dushku are no longer practicing.I totally forgot about Stephanie Meyer. Without a doubt she would be the most "well known" LDS woman alive today to non-LDS.
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